Section Chair Natalie LaFranzo has reported: The results of our STL ACS election have been certified. Please join me in congratulating our 2018 elected officers. Chair Elect: Suzy Hartmann Secretary: Henry Rohrs Treasurer: Jeff Cornelius Councilor: Donna Friedman Alternate Councilor: Jim O’Brien Directors: Keith Stine, John-Stephen Taylor, Mikhail Berezin And many thanks to all who […]
This year, the 47th ACS–St Louis Award winner is Keith Stine of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Missouri–St Louis. The symposium arranged around Dr Stine’s research on Nanoscale Materials: Synthesis and Analysis was held on the afternoon of Friday, September 29th at the University of Missouri–St Louis. Section Chair Natalie LaFranzo opened
Our Undergraduate Research Symposium used to be a big event in spring. But often, it was tough to find a time that didn’t conflict with spring break, various ACS meetings, graduation, etc.; we’ve moved it to winter-ish: that is, just before semester break. Last year, a first for the new schedule, 16 presenters shared work
You Have Your PhD, Now What? Leveraging Your Graduate Education in Job Seeking November 16 at 5:30 pm in the Cori Auditorium on the Wash U Med School Campus (map), the Younger Chemists Committee has lined up two facilitators from the Graduate School Careers office. Guest speakers Dr Michelle Repice and Dr Thi Nguyen will
Nominations are open for the 2018 Outstanding High School Chemistry Teacher award. Besides their own colleagues and administrators, students and parents (present or past) are also eligible to submit a nomination. That could be you … and who’d be more qualified to recognize good chemistry teaching when they see it? Nominating is pretty easy (full
Today, 23 October 2017, is Carl and Gerty Cori Day in little Glendale, an inner suburb of Saint Louis, MO. The date marks the 70th anniversary of the day the Coris were informed that they had won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The “Glendale connection”: the Coris then lived in a modern house
Keith Stine, the 2017 Saint Louis Awardee, was feted and saluted with an award symposium and a banquet on September 29th. Natalie LaFranzo, Chair of the Section, led off the symposium with an introduction to the local ACS and its activities, and then handed over the program to Professor Cynthia Dupureur who introduced Professor Stine.
The Saint Louis Section is participating in two outreach events, one to Boy Scouts and one to Cub Scouts, both on October 14th. (I know, “poor planning”, right?) The Chemistry Merit Badge Clinic, for Boy Scouts ages 12-17, will take place at Jost Chemical from 8 am to 2 pm. We need a few volunteers
The Younger Chemists Committee has a new professional/social event planned: a tour of Anheuser-Busch Brewery, during which you are invited (or warned) to “Learn the chemistry of beer!” The event, planned for 3–5 pm on October 11, 2017, is open to all, but pre-RSVP by October 9 is required. Space is limited, so reply soonest!
Natalie LaFranzo, our current Section chair, wears another ACS hat: national chair of the Younger Chemists Committee. She has a full-page commentary in the August 28, 2017, issue of Chemical & Engineering News related to the founding and expanding mission of the YCC. In her article, Natalie tells of the close relationship between YCC and
